Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.
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And his servants spake yet more against the LORD God, and against his servant Hezekiah.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,
Genesis
LawFor the length of the chambers that were in the utter court was fifty cubits: and, lo, before the temple were an hundred cubits.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielKnown unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.
Acts
HistoryFor I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow.
Luke
GospelsAnd that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment?
Job
WisdomFor thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersWherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.
Exodus
LawAnd said unto him, Thus saith Jephthah, Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon:
Judges
HistoryO LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!
Habakkuk
Minor Prophets / HabakkukAnd he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me.
1 Samuel
HistoryWhen he shewed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honour of his excellent majesty many days, even an hundred and fourscore days.
Esther
History / MordecaiAnd the keeper of the prison told this saying to Paul, The magistrates have sent to let you go: now therefore depart, and go in peace.
Acts
History / LukeUnto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
Job
WisdomThen there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the LORD:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, say on.
Acts
HistoryThus saith the LORD of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities:
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsFor the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahAnd the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain: for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley:
Judges
HistoryLikewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheep: seven days it shall be with his dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it me.
Exodus
LawAnd caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and enquired of him: and he described unto him the princes of Succoth, and the elders thereof, even threescore and seventeen men.
Judges
History / SamuelBut the wheat and the rie were not smitten: for they were not grown up.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd afterward all the children of Israel came nigh: and he gave them in commandment all that the LORD had spoken with him in mount Sinai.